diff --git a/libs/vamp-pyin/MonoPitchHMM.h b/libs/vamp-pyin/MonoPitchHMM.h
index ebab6df3b6..9fe04764ca 100644
--- a/libs/vamp-pyin/MonoPitchHMM.h
+++ b/libs/vamp-pyin/MonoPitchHMM.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class MonoPitchHMM : public SparseHMM
 {
 public:
     MonoPitchHMM();
+    virtual ~MonoPitchHMM() {}
     const std::vector<double> calculateObsProb(const vector<pair<double, double> >);
     // double getMidiPitch(size_t index);
     // double getFrequency(size_t index);
diff --git a/libs/vamp-pyin/SparseHMM.h b/libs/vamp-pyin/SparseHMM.h
index 0ca91b2fd2..905687bd08 100644
--- a/libs/vamp-pyin/SparseHMM.h
+++ b/libs/vamp-pyin/SparseHMM.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ using std::pair;
 class SparseHMM
 {
 public:
+    virtual ~SparseHMM () {}
     virtual const std::vector<double> calculateObsProb(const vector<pair<double, double> >);
     const std::vector<int> decodeViterbi(std::vector<vector<double> > obs,
                                    vector<double> *scale);